Netanyahu: "UN has become a moral farce"

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke before the United Nations General Assembly, he neither minced words in mealy mouthed diplomatic-speak nor pandered in progressive platitudes.  

Netanyahu called out the numerous ironic admonishments from the United Nations.  Nevertheless, Netanyahu expressed optimism that the General Assembly will change because Israel is on the right side regarding Iran and ISIS and eventually this understanding will trickle down to Turtle Bay. 

Obama's Leverage with Iran?

After months of claiming that the Iran Nuclear Deal was on a separate track to the negotiations with Tehran about the four American hostages, now the Obama White House takes a different tact.

The ironically named Obama White House Spokesman Josh Earnest does not deny that the $400 million in cash to Iran served as leverage to release the hostages.

It is telling that now the Obama White House is wearing weakness with the Islamic Republic of Iran as a badge of honor of keeping the "peace", getting deals done and allegedly saving American taxpayers money. 

Yet it seems that President Obama has things inverted, as hostages and cooperating to participate in farcical Farsi conceits seemed to be levers to get Mr. Obama to acquiesce to dumb demands which America will later regret

Is Mr. Trump Really Mr. Brexit?

As Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump (R-NY) took on a third campaign manager in as many months, he assumed a new image.  On Fox and Friends, Trump anointed himself "Mr. Brexit".




A day did not pass before a primary champion of the Brexit Leave movement, UK MEP Daniel Hannan, disputed Trump's claim.





This leads casual observers to wonder if Mr. Trump is really Mr. Brexit.  For those who dig deeper, the question really is what Trump meant.  

• If Trump sought to cast himself as the "comeback kid" who defied the polls, that may be credible.  

• If he sought to associate the Trump campaign with the triumph of the working class over the elites, there might be some parallel.  

• If Trump sought to compare the Leave Movement with his form of populist anti-free trade nationalism, this is a dubious nexus.